Ice Haven - Hardcover

Clowes, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 037542332X ISBN 13: 9780375423321

Publisher: Pantheon, 2005

Synopsis

At long last: Daniel Clowes is back at Pantheon, with a brilliant new graphic novel already hailed by Time as “another of his hilariously slightly off-center worlds that have a vague sense of dread about them. Kind of like where you live.†Welcome to Ice Haven! “Itâ€s not as cold here as it sounds,†declares Random Wilder, our reluctant guide to this sleepy Midwestern town. Heâ€s also its would-be poet laureate. Would-be, that is, were it not for the "Florid banalities†of his archrival, Ida Wentz, published ad nauseam in the Ice Haven Daily Progress. Among Wilderâ€s other fellow Ice Havians are the lovelorn Violet Van der Plazt and Vida Wentz; the detective team of Mr. and Mrs. Ames; the adorable interracial moppets Carmichael and Paula; disaffected stationery salesgirl Julie Patheticstein; the Blue Bunny, newly sprung from prison and the bitterest rabbit in town; and poor little David Goldberg, missing for more than a week...

About this title

Product Description:

The author of Ghost World presents an offbeat tour of the sleepy Midwestern town of Ice Haven and its unusual inhabitants, including Random Wilder, the narrator and would-be poet laureate of the town; his arch-rival Ida Wentz; the lovelorn Violet Van der Plazt and Vida Wentz; Mr. and Mrs. Ames, a detective team; and others. Mature.

Review:

"Don't be surprised if Ice Haven becomes your favorite comic long before you've solved its many mysteries."
--The Washington Post

About this edition

• Publisher: Pantheon
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 037542332X
• ISBN 13: 9780375423321
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 88